West Germanic language/Vocabulary building

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September

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Itx hâf kôldôn

Tæêrôn -> ¿Wæêrôn?

Li jewidẽjûm - It's down to the weather

Li tæêrôn tis dæjûm sniwê - Das liegt daran, dass es an diesem Tag schneite (Lie thereon this day.DAT snow.SUB)

Wâtûm têlôn - To count on something to happen

We têl tæêmid sniwê - Wir rechnen damit, dass es schneite

Tât fôlkmanrâdên is odê txũrê tâm hẽrêmanrâdên to mênûm tâs fjõqs onjẽn tâm nût âtxrunê wâpên is - The civil service is an alternative (other choice) to the military service for people (men) whose principles are against the use of a lethal weapon

Mutæ - mündig

Fõmê mid sîkstînê jẽsûm mæ man miqtxewũlûm farôn - Erst mit sechzehn darf man Moped fahren

Mid sîkstînê jẽsûm xâl man mânbewisôn ôdê fõlâtûncôn hâbôn - Mit sechzen muss man einen Personalausweis oder Pass haben

Mid fjoêtînê jẽsûm is man halænesmutæ - Mit fünfzehn ist man religionsmündig

Mid ẽqtînê jẽsûm mæ man êl crînôn - Mit achtzehn darf man alles trinken

Sîkstînẽrê mæ ẽqtînẽjôn hâmôn - Eine 16-Jährige darf mit einem 18-Jährige Sex haben

Wîlê he si in Lûndênûm - he could be in London (he is possibly in London, [It] wants he be in London)

Tẽf he si in Lûndênûm - he should/must be in London (he is probably in London, [It] needs he be in London)

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West Germanic Computer Glossary http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ctb/wordhord.html

A

alias - evênamê anchor - ônkõ anonymous - unkutlitx application - jefrêmînc archive - stæêhõd arrow key - flankæ asynchronous communication - unstûncumêndmâdêlkwidê automatic - sêlfrêmêndê

B

backbone - rucban bandwidth - bêndbradnes battery - spẽkêhus beep - swœcropê bells and whistles - bêlê ônd wîstêls beta release - unfûlfremedbrutnûnc binary - txwirimlitx bit - lutêlbitê bookmark - âstêl boot, boot up - inspînjewũfôstũriôn broadcast - tobrâdôn browser - ûmpxẽwẽrê buffer - lânêsto bug - wũm, bûdê bus - înodpât button - knâp byte - bitê

C

cable - wiê, rap cache - lânêhõd camera - onlitxnesnimênd cancel - onwoêxuvôn card - xid cathode-ray tube - nidêstiêndêximêpipê chip - txîp circuit - ûmpfaru, ûmpgônc click - musgacratxiôn

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Modal Verbs

kûnôn

kûnêndê, kut

Hit kân - It can

Hit kûnê - It could (conditional)

Hit kutê - It could (past tense)

xulôn

xulêndê, xulênê

Hit xâl - It must

Hit xulê - It should

Hit xôldê - It had to

wîlôn

wîlêndê, wîlênê

Hit wîlê - It wants

Hit wôldê - It would like

Hit wôld - It wanted

magôn

majêndê, majênê

Hit mæ - It may (is allowed to)

Hit mâjê - It likes

Hit mẽqtê - It might (past tense)

dûrôn

dûrêndê, dûrênê

Hit dẽ - It dares

Hit dûrê - It had better

Hit dõstê - It dared

Other common verbs

wezôn

wezêndê, wezênê

Hit is - It is

Hit si - It be

Hit wâs - It was

hâbôn

hâbêndê, hâft

Hit hâf - It has

Hit hâbê - It have

Hit hâftê - It had

dôn

dôndê, don

Hit de - It does

Hit do - It do

Hit dudê - It did

gôn

gôndê, gan

Hit jæ - It goes

Hit ga - It go

Hit jodê - It went

farôn

farêndê, farên

Hit fæê - It travels

Hit farê - It travel

Hit fõ - It travelled

matxiôn

matxiêndê, makod

Hit makê - It makes

Hit matxi - It make

Hit maktê - It made

luviôn

luviêndê, luvod

Hit luvê - It loves

Hit luvi - It love

Hit luvdê - It loved

hatiôn

hatiêndê, hatod

Hit hatê - It hates

Hit hati - It hate

Hit hâtê - It hated

hatôn

hatêndê, hatên

Hit hât - It is called

Hit hatê - It be called

Hit het - It was called

namiôn

namiêndê, namod

Hit namê - It names

Hit nami - It name

Hit namdê - It named

kwêlôn

kwêlêndê, kwâld

Hit kwêl - It kills

Hit kwêlê - It kill

Hit kwâldê - It killed

etôn

etêndê, etên

Hit ît - It eats

Hit etê - It eat

Hit ât - It ate

crînôn

crînêndê, crûnên

Hit crîn - It drinks

Hit crînê - It drink

Hit crân - It drank

slâpôn

slâpêndê, slâpên

Hit slâp - It sleeps

Hit slâpê - It sleep

Hit slep - It slept

stxõvôn

stxõvêndê, stõvên

Hit stiẽf - It dies

Hit stxõvê - It die

Hit stẽf - It died

nimôn

nimêndê, numên

Hit nim - It takes

Hit nimê - It take

Hit nom - It took

wũtôn

wũtêndê, wõdên

Hit wiẽt - It becomes, It will

Hit wũtê - It become, It would (conditional)

Hit wẽt - It became, It would (past tense)

Purpose of subjunctive in tense

Tât ẽ wâs lôn - The river was long/The river was long (but not anymore) Tât ẽ si lôn - The river be long/The river was long (and still is or still might be)

He hâftê grene ẽjônôn - He had green eyes/He had green eyes (but they changed colour) He hâbê grene ẽjônôn - He had green eyes/He had green eyes (when I saw him)

Weak, Regular verbs

-ôn

-êndê, -ên

Hit --

Hit -ê/-jê

Hit -dê/-tê

-iôn

-iêndê, -od

Hit -ê/-jê

Hit -i

Hit -dê/-tê

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godnê, god, gocrê - masculine, neuter and feminine adjective endings

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Months of the year

January - âftẽrêjũlê

February - sôlmônt

March - retmônt

April - ẽstêmônt

May - txrimîlkêmônt

June - midsumêmônt

July - âftẽrêludê

August - wũdmônt

September - hæêfstmônt

October - wîntêfûlet

November - blodmônt

December - jũlmônt

month - mônt

year - jẽ

last year - utmâst jẽ

monthly - môntlitx

yearly - jẽlitx

Seasons

winter - wîntê

spring - lêntên

summer - sumõ

autumn - hæêfst

Directions

north - nõt

south - sut

east - ẽst

west - wêst

right - riqt

left - ?

straight - ?

Colours

orange - jũluqrẽd

pink - rozê

purple - pũpûl

blue - blâwên

yellow - jũlu

red - rẽd

black - swẽt

brown - brun

grey - græ

white - wit

green - grenê

silver - sjôlfõ

gold - gôld

beige - blâtx

light - lũqt

dark - cõk

Time

What time is it? - ¿Hu latê is?

It's one o'clock - Is an timê

It's half past three - Is hêlf fjoê

It's quarter to six - Is fjõdê fõ sîks

It's three (minutes) past seven - Is txri (stevênz) ovê sjovôn

At half past nine - Ât hêlf tîn

October

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DVD copying software gets pulled

Software which claimed to be a legal way of copying DVDs has been withdrawn following legal action.

RealNetworks - the firm behind the software - has responded to restraining order issued by a US court stopped selling the RealDVD software.

Six major movie studios jointly sued the company on 30 September - the day the software was launched.

San Francisco District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel is due to review the case on 7 October.

Common ground

RealDVD is touted by RealNetworks as a legal way to turn a PC into a media server.

"It makes it easy to pause a programme and resume right where you left off, makes it easy to find the movie you want and no more lost or scratched discs," said Rob Glaser, chief executive of RealNetworks, on his firm's blog.

Mr Glaser claims that a second layer of encryption is built into the software but the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) said RealDVD circumvents its rules about copying.

The RealDVD site was taken down on 3 October but a defiant message posted to it read: "Rest assured, we will continue to work diligently to provide you with software that allows you to make a legal copy of your DVDs for your own use."

Mr Glaser expressed disappointment at the turn of events.

"As a company with a nearly 15 year track record of innovation that's both great for consumers and fully respectful of intellectual property, we're disappointed that the movie studios thought they had to file lawsuits," he wrote in his blog.

"We began active discussions with the studios even before we announced RealDVD and up until last night were optimistic that we could find common ground with them without having to resort to the legal system," he added.

The studios suing the firm are Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Disney and Warner Bros.

The MPAA is currently prohibited from commenting on the case.

RealNetworks is no stranger to controversy. In 2004 Apple accused it of "hacker tactics" when it claimed to have found a way for non-Apple endorsed music tracks to be played on an iPod.

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Gun = hu:lstr: (not holster, holster is sheath)